Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 22 January 2020

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 22 January 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C
England > South West
6 months to
22 Jan 2020		 Same period 2019 Same period 2018
Rank 25 27 57
Rank change year-on-year +2 +30 -14
Permanent jobs citing C 765 763 533
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West 8.81% 7.75% 5.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.06% 13.19% 8.95%
Number of salaries quoted 668 528 394
South West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +5.56% - +4.65%
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £32,650
90th Percentile £66,250 £62,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +3.09%

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
South West
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,078 5,786 5,952
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West 58.50% 58.74% 59.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,160 4,739 5,039
South West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year - +5.88% +4.94%
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,500 £27,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing C as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for C in the South West

C
Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C in the South West.

Salary trend for C in the South West

C
Salary Histogram in the South West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing C in the South West over the 6 months to 22 January 2020.

Salary histogram for C in the South West

C
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South West region over the 6 months to 22 January 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Job
Vacancies
Gloucestershire -1 354 £50,000 - 43
Bristol +13 225 £46,000 +2.22% 55
Wiltshire +6 74 £49,500 +16.47% 15
Somerset +17 43 £47,500 +13.10% 16
Devon -8 32 £44,740 +24.28% 6
Dorset -35 30 £40,000 -11.11% 16
Cornwall -9 2 £38,750 +23.02% 3
C
England

For the 6 months to 22 January 2020, IT jobs citing C also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region with a requirement for C.

1 304 (39.74%) Software Engineering
2 282 (36.86%) C++
3 230 (30.07%) Agile Software Development
4 215 (28.10%) Degree
5 207 (27.06%) Python
6 186 (24.31%) Security Cleared
7 181 (23.66%) Linux
8 156 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
9 133 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
10 130 (16.99%) DV Cleared
11 124 (16.21%) Project Management
12 119 (15.56%) Java
13 107 (13.99%) SC Cleared
14 96 (12.55%) Scrum
15 93 (12.16%) JIRA
16 90 (11.76%) Embedded C
17 86 (11.24%) UML
18 82 (10.72%) Git (software)
19 79 (10.33%) Finance
20 78 (10.20%) Systems Engineering
21 76 (9.93%) Mentoring
21 76 (9.93%) Windows
22 75 (9.80%) Electronics
23 74 (9.67%) DevOps
24 72 (9.41%) Computer Science
25 69 (9.02%) OO
26 66 (8.63%) Analytics
26 66 (8.63%) SDLC
27 63 (8.24%) Big Data
27 63 (8.24%) C#

C
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (3.14%) Apache Spark
1 24 (3.14%) JBoss
2 21 (2.75%) Apache
2 21 (2.75%) Confluence
3 12 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.31%) ArcGIS
4 10 (1.31%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.05%) IIS
6 5 (0.65%) Jetty
6 5 (0.65%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.52%) Apache Pig
7 4 (0.52%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.26%) MediaWiki
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.26%) WildFly
8 2 (0.26%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.83%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.44%) Sketch
5 8 (1.05%) SPSS
6 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.39%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.39%) InVision
7 3 (0.39%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.26%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) Marvel
9 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.26%) Primavera
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 33 (4.31%) Azure
2 27 (3.53%) AWS
3 16 (2.09%) GCP
4 15 (1.96%) OpenShift
5 13 (1.70%) SaaS
6 9 (1.18%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.05%) Office 365
8 7 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (0.92%) PaaS
9 5 (0.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (0.65%) AWS Fargate
9 5 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (0.52%) Force.com
11 3 (0.39%) GitHub
11 3 (0.39%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.39%) Slack
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.67%) Internet
2 33 (4.31%) Software-Defined Radio
3 32 (4.18%) Firewall
4 29 (3.79%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.61%) Ethernet
6 15 (1.96%) Network Security
7 12 (1.57%) VPN
7 12 (1.57%) Wireless
8 10 (1.31%) DNS
8 10 (1.31%) HTTPS
9 9 (1.18%) RS-232
10 8 (1.05%) DHCP
10 8 (1.05%) HTTP
10 8 (1.05%) IPsec
11 7 (0.92%) RS-485
12 6 (0.78%) Bluetooth
12 6 (0.78%) SNMP
12 6 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.65%) 3G
13 5 (0.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.24%) Big Data
2 28 (3.66%) MongoDB
3 22 (2.88%) Hadoop
4 17 (2.22%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.83%) MySQL
6 13 (1.70%) Apache Hive
7 10 (1.31%) GIS
7 10 (1.31%) RDBMS
8 9 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.18%) Power BI
9 8 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
9 8 (1.05%) Impala
9 8 (1.05%) JasperReports
9 8 (1.05%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.78%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.78%) QlikView
10 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.52%) Text Mining
12 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 93 (12.16%) JIRA
2 82 (10.72%) Git (software)
3 54 (7.06%) Jenkins
4 38 (4.97%) Bitbucket
5 28 (3.66%) git-flow
6 21 (2.75%) Bitbucket Server
7 18 (2.35%) Eclipse
7 18 (2.35%) JUnit
8 17 (2.22%) Rational DOORS
9 14 (1.83%) Maven
10 12 (1.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 10 (1.31%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.31%) EasyMock
12 9 (1.18%) LabVIEW
12 9 (1.18%) Subversion
13 8 (1.05%) Ant
13 8 (1.05%) ClearQuest
13 8 (1.05%) CruiseControl
13 8 (1.05%) Hudson
13 8 (1.05%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (10.33%) Finance
2 75 (9.80%) Electronics
3 43 (5.62%) Telecoms
4 37 (4.84%) Public Sector
5 34 (4.44%) Aerospace
6 26 (3.40%) Marketing
7 23 (3.01%) Military
8 22 (2.88%) Games
9 20 (2.61%) Retail
10 16 (2.09%) Legal
11 15 (1.96%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.70%) Advertising
13 7 (0.92%) Automotive
14 6 (0.78%) Banking
14 6 (0.78%) Local Government
15 3 (0.39%) Avionics
15 3 (0.39%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.26%) Police
17 1 (0.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 232 (30.33%) Software Engineer
2 128 (16.73%) Consultant
3 110 (14.38%) Embedded Engineer
4 107 (13.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 90 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
6 61 (7.97%) Developer
7 44 (5.75%) Analyst
8 43 (5.62%) C++ Software Engineer
9 34 (4.44%) Architect
10 31 (4.05%) C Software Engineer
11 30 (3.92%) Software Developer
12 29 (3.79%) Embedded C Engineer
12 29 (3.79%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 29 (3.79%) Test Engineer
13 28 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
14 24 (3.14%) Principal Engineer
14 24 (3.14%) Principal Software Engineer
15 23 (3.01%) Data Scientist
15 23 (3.01%) Java Engineer
15 23 (3.01%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.54%) .NET
1 50 (6.54%) AngularJS
2 42 (5.49%) Spring
3 41 (5.36%) Node.js
4 37 (4.84%) React
5 23 (3.01%) Java EE
6 22 (2.88%) CSS
6 22 (2.88%) Web Services
7 21 (2.75%) Kafka
8 20 (2.61%) HTML
8 20 (2.61%) REST
8 20 (2.61%) Vue.js
8 20 (2.61%) XML
9 19 (2.48%) EJB
9 19 (2.48%) Hibernate
10 16 (2.09%) Django
11 15 (1.96%) ASP.NET
12 14 (1.83%) JSON
13 12 (1.57%) Apache NiFi
14 11 (1.44%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.84%) Embedded Systems
1 60 (7.84%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 59 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (7.19%) Algorithms
4 45 (5.88%) User Experience
5 43 (5.62%) Management Information System
6 42 (5.49%) Verilog
7 41 (5.36%) VHDL
8 18 (2.35%) Robotics
9 16 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.83%) Wiki
11 13 (1.70%) Cyberthreat
12 12 (1.57%) Internet of Things
13 10 (1.31%) Cyberattack
13 10 (1.31%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 9 (1.18%) Device Driver
15 8 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 181 (23.66%) Linux
2 76 (9.93%) Windows
3 44 (5.75%) Unix
4 23 (3.01%) Android
5 22 (2.88%) Apple iOS
6 21 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (2.48%) CentOS
8 14 (1.83%) Embedded Linux
8 14 (1.83%) Windows 10
9 9 (1.18%) FreeRTOS
10 8 (1.05%) Windows 7
11 7 (0.92%) Windows Server
12 5 (0.65%) Fedora
12 5 (0.65%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.39%) SafeRTOS
13 3 (0.39%) ThreadX
14 2 (0.26%) AIX
14 2 (0.26%) Solaris
14 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (39.74%) Software Engineering
2 230 (30.07%) Agile Software Development
3 156 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
4 133 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 124 (16.21%) Project Management
6 96 (12.55%) Scrum
7 86 (11.24%) UML
8 78 (10.20%) Systems Engineering
9 76 (9.93%) Mentoring
10 74 (9.67%) DevOps
11 72 (9.41%) Computer Science
12 69 (9.02%) OO
13 66 (8.63%) Analytics
13 66 (8.63%) SDLC
14 60 (7.84%) Test Automation
15 49 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 49 (6.41%) Mathematics
16 48 (6.27%) Open Source
17 47 (6.14%) Business Intelligence
17 47 (6.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 282 (36.86%) C++
2 207 (27.06%) Python
3 119 (15.56%) Java
4 90 (11.76%) Embedded C
5 63 (8.24%) C#
6 62 (8.10%) JavaScript
7 42 (5.49%) PowerShell
8 41 (5.36%) SQL
9 39 (5.10%) Bash Shell
10 28 (3.66%) Perl
11 27 (3.53%) Go
12 18 (2.35%) Java 8
13 17 (2.22%) PHP
14 14 (1.83%) Embedded C++
15 12 (1.57%) Assembly Language
15 12 (1.57%) MATLAB
16 11 (1.44%) Ruby
17 9 (1.18%) Ada
17 9 (1.18%) R
18 7 (0.92%) Apple Swift
Qualifications
1 215 (28.10%) Degree
2 186 (24.31%) Security Cleared
3 130 (16.99%) DV Cleared
4 107 (13.99%) SC Cleared
5 28 (3.66%) Chartered Engineer
6 25 (3.27%) HND
7 24 (3.14%) CCNA
7 24 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.35%) CISSP
9 18 (2.35%) HNC
9 18 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (1.96%) GIAC
10 15 (1.96%) Linux+ Certification
10 15 (1.96%) MCSE
10 15 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
10 15 (1.96%) SANS
10 15 (1.96%) SSCP
11 8 (1.05%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.61%) HAZOP
2 14 (1.83%) IEC 61508
2 14 (1.83%) QA
3 12 (1.57%) Def Stans
4 11 (1.44%) JSP 440
5 10 (1.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 8 (1.05%) MISRA
6 8 (1.05%) MISRA C
7 7 (0.92%) IEC 61131
7 7 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.78%) DO-178B
8 6 (0.78%) GDPR
8 6 (0.78%) HMG Infosec
8 6 (0.78%) NIST
9 5 (0.65%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.65%) ECSS
10 4 (0.52%) SLA
11 3 (0.39%) ISAE 3402
11 3 (0.39%) PMO
12 2 (0.26%) JTAG
System Software
1 54 (7.06%) Docker
2 34 (4.44%) Firmware
3 21 (2.75%) Active Directory
4 15 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.05%) Apache Flume
6 8 (1.05%) VirtualBox
7 5 (0.65%) NFS
7 5 (0.65%) Samba
7 5 (0.65%) Xen
8 3 (0.39%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.39%) iptables
8 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Clusterware
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.26%) vSphere
10 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 36 (4.71%) Ansible
2 23 (3.01%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.05%) Oozie
3 8 (1.05%) vCenter Server
4 5 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
4 5 (0.65%) Nagios
4 5 (0.65%) OpenNMS
4 5 (0.65%) Puppet
4 5 (0.65%) ZABBIX
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.26%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.26%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.26%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.26%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Flashback
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.26%) Terraform
7 1 (0.13%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 40 (5.23%) Atlassian
2 33 (4.31%) Google
3 32 (4.18%) Microsoft
4 29 (3.79%) Apple
5 23 (3.01%) VMware
6 22 (2.88%) Oracle
7 21 (2.75%) Red Hat
8 16 (2.09%) SAP
9 15 (1.96%) Cisco
10 13 (1.70%) Adobe
11 12 (1.57%) EMC
12 11 (1.44%) Dell
12 11 (1.44%) Splunk
13 9 (1.18%) Juniper
14 8 (1.05%) BiZZdesign
14 8 (1.05%) Intel
14 8 (1.05%) Sparx
15 7 (0.92%) NetApp
15 7 (0.92%) Tableau
15 7 (0.92%) Xilinx